Harry Joscelyn; vol. 2 of 3

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Excerpt from Harry JoscelynThere was a very comfortable couple inside. Joan, on her marriage, had been half ashamed of the fine room, which was called  not according to her old-fashioned formula, the parlour, but  the drawing-room, to which her husband had brought her home, and which had been furnished by one of the best shops in Carlisle, with furniture such as was approved by the taste of the time. There was a white paper on the walls, and a great deal of gilding, and sofas and tables with legs that were crooked and curly. But by the end of ten years much that was somewhat showy once had t...